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The Recovery Award Winners are…
The DB Recovery+McLean Hospital Recovery Award winners have been selected! Who received the Lifetime Achievement~Psychiatrist and Lifetime Achievement~Researcher awards? Who were the Recovery champions, therapists and influencers? Click here for the Recovery Award Winners 2025.
Government warns supermarkets to stop tobacco ads
The government has written to Sainsbury’s and Morrisons asking them to stop “advertising and promoting” heated tobacco products, which it stated is against the law. The BBC reported in February the supermarkets were displaying posters and video screens showing devices which…
Britain’s cocaine habit
The UK is now the largest consumer of cocaine per capita in Europe, and the 2nd largest in the world (behind Australia), according to a 2023 report by the OECD, which suggests 2.7% of adults aged 15-64 take the drug…
Hans Rausing: from tragic drug addict to a knighthood
Hans Rausing, billionaire scion of the Tetra Pak family, who was distraught when his 1st wife Eva died of an overdose, has dedicated his life to helping others to recover from addiction, donating £500million to this and the arts and…
Doctors issue severe organ failure warning as ‘rite of passage’ party drug use increases
King’s College London et al revealed that 3,609 people began treatment for ketamine addiction in England – 8 times higher than the figure across 2013-2014. LadBible published warnings from KCL addiction psychiatrist Dr Irene Guerrini and head teacher Mark O’ Hagan.…
Why people become drug mules – and why harsh sentences don’t deter them
Thousands of British nationals are charged with drug smuggling abroad every year. Jennifer Fleetwood of University of London has written a book, Drug Mules: Women in the International Cocaine Trade. Her research sheds light on how drug mules end up carrying…
